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It raises few eyebrows when Democrats, who are in the midst of raising about $15 million for their party this year, say they plan to spend whatever it takes to win crucial elections next November. What is surprising, however, is that besides...

Governor McGreevey last week named a Republican state senator, John J. Matheussen, to lead the Delaware River Port Authority, removing a popular Republican from the evenly divided Senate. Republicans expect to replace Mr. Matheussen with another...

March 2, 2003, Sunday

So just who was behind the telephone attack ads during Superbowl weekend last January when State Senator Diane Allen was trying to make it through the Republican primary. The 20-count indictment handed down against Essex County Executive James...

Douglas Forrester, a Republican businessman who already had spent several million dollars of his own money in the Republican primary for United States Senate, last week won the right to challenge Robert G. Torricelli for his Senate seat. Mr....

Douglas R. Forrester, a former divinity school student who went on to become a multimillionaire businessman, defeated two other Republicans today in a low-key primary for the United States Senate seat held by Robert G. Torricelli. Mr. Forrester,...

Robert G. Torricelli, New Jersey's senior senator, offered an alluring target for Republicans only months ago. Mired in an ethics investigation by federal prosecutors, Mr. Torricelli's poll ratings were slumping. So it was no surprise that four...

June 2, 2002, Sunday

New Jersey voters can go to the polls Tuesday between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. for a primary election. At the top of the ticket is the United States Senate seat held by Democrat Robert G. Torricelli, who is unchallenged for renomination. His Republican...

Lean times or not, Republicans found $30 million to give to their national party organization in just one soiree last month at the Washington Convention Center. No one thinks the party is running out of money. Very little of it seems to be finding...

Ask Douglas R. Forrester about his success as an all-American water polo player in high school, and he launches into a history lesson about the sport's role in the Olympic revival movement of the late 19th century. Ask about the two years he spent...